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that ain't no windle chassis

What they are doing is exactly what Doug Willey told me not to do when we raced ours. You should not warm up a Konig motor as they are very difficult to keep cool in a sidecar with a limited supply of cool water as opposed to being used in a boat where there is an endless supply. As the radiator only gets cooled when you are moving it is strongly recommended that you proceed up the road as soon as it starts. This reduces the possibility of engine seizure which was a common problem and happened very abruptly with no warning. Here speaks the voice of experience.

RP wrote:What they are doing is exactly what Doug Willey told me not to do when we raced ours. You should not warm up a Konig motor as they are very difficult to keep cool in a sidecar with a limited supply of cool water as opposed to being used in a boat where there is an endless supply. As the radiator only gets cooled when you are moving it is strongly recommended that you proceed up the road as soon as it starts. This reduces the possibility of engine seizure which was a common problem and happened very abruptly with no warning. Here speaks the voice of experience.

I was told to drop the water when I came in

LCR1000 wrote:I was told to drop the water when I came in

Oh, yes, forgot to mention that - the heads are porous apparently

RP wrote:

LCR1000 wrote:I was told to drop the water when I came in

Oh, yes, forgot to mention that - the heads are porous apparently

so were the barrels